Hongkong, Feb. 23.
The past two weeks have been badly broken up from the business point of view by the races and Chinese New Year celebrations, and, unfortunately, the public holidays declared in honour of the latter event were practically useless for all out-of-door purposes. There was very little sunshine during race-week and rain was the chief feature of the commencement of—Chinese New Year. Fog has enveloped the Peak district persistently for a fortnight and visitors to the Colony, of whom there appears to be a never-ending stream, must have wondered what foundation there could be for the reports which often credit Hongkong with a beautiful winter climate.
The fact is that the weather has been behaving unusually badly during February, and the. fine, cold, invigorating days to which we have been accustomed. and which we look upon as our right at this season of the year, have been few and far between.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.